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Richie Hawtin clearly intends for 2010 to be the year of Plastikman. The techno legend has just launched a new site, plastikman.LIVE listing a summer’s worth of tour dates, with more promised (possible revealed in code). More exciting to fan might be the background music, that we’re assuming is some new PM tunage. There’s also new Aliens/Hellraiser-inspired press photos, which are only slightly less creepy than the eyeball less images Hawtin used to promote the last Plastikman album, Closer.
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It’s the night before V-Day, and I am heading into Hollywood for a bangin’ Avaland (Avalon) party. A lover of club tracks that tell me to “drop it,” and “pop it,” I can’t deny my love for techno. At the top of the list to perform this night was none other than Ali Shirazinia aka Dubfire (member of Grammy Award-winning Deep Dish). With his departure for a solo career back in 2006, Dubfire has three in a half years of musical progression underneath his fingertips. Dubfire is internationally recognized for his pioneering in DJ technology, influential mixing, and award winning music. Knowing that Avalon provides music lovers with an open venue from 10 pm to 7 am, I had a gut feeling that Dubfire was not set to perform later into the night. My instinct payed off as I arrived late enough to miss the warm up deejays, but right on time to see Dubfire walk up to the platform.
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In 2004, I traveled on a train with Richie Hawtin from his home in Windsor to Montreal for the annual Mutek festival. There, Hawtin performed his first live gig under his Plastikman guise since 1995. The performance—which attempted to stretch the limits of live music, video and light controls for the time—would prove to be a one-off.
Earlier this week, Hawtin announced his return as Plastikman with a performance scheduled at Coachella. URB caught Hawtin while on “vacation” to find out what we could about the upcoming performance.
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DJs like Richie Hawtin do a lot of flying. That means a lot of CO2 in the air. Plus, CDs ain’t that eco- friendly either. With his new “minimize your IMPACT” initiative, carbon credits and digital downloads help balance the score.
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